“There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.”

“If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”

“The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.”

“As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.”

“Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it”

“Your own guilt is your own fault.”

“The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.”